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Matthew Allison SCOULER

Regimental number1078
Place of birthNortham, Western Australia
SchoolScotch College, Claremont, Western Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTeacher
AddressDowerin, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Robert McGregor Scouler, Blantyre, Dowerin, Western Australia
Previous military serviceHe was a Junior Cadet from the time he was old enough to join and later a Senior Cadet.
Enlistment date16 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll12 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT Katuna on 24 November 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollComissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Machine Gun Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWhen twelve years of age won a government scholarship. He also secured Junior and Senior exhibitions as the result of the Adelaide University exams. (details from father)
FateKilled in Action 16 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row M, Grave No. I), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
179
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Isabella SCOULER, Blantyre, Dowerin, Western Australia. Native of Northam, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1077 Pte Alexander Peter SCOULER, 5th Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 17 December 1918; Captain John James SCOULER , CdeG (France), 28th Bn, returned to Australia, 24 January 1920.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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